Rasratna Samucchay

Author(s): Manikyadevsuri
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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The margins of the text are indicated by thick black lines on both sides-right and left and two dots on both sides. The dots in the middle are perforated and the edges of the small holes are a little worn out, indicating that the MS. was preserved by binding it with a string.
The MS. is written on hand-made paper with black ink and this ink is well preserved. The usual punctuation, signs, i. e. danda and arddha danda are used. Vertical strokes over the words are used as a device for the punctuations. Usually padimātrā is used.
The MS. begins with "नों नम: समस्त सिद्धेभ्यः” and ends with " शिष्यः श्रीदेवचंद्रस्य रसरत्नसमुच्चयम् । चक्रे माणिक्यदेवोऽत्र वक्रेतरपदांचितम् " ।। The text presented by this MS is good as an autograph copy.
Method of Editing:
Principles of text-constitution adopted, while choosing certain readings or following a certain recension:
The edited text has been prepared mainly on the basis of the only available MS. Besides this, the notes of the variant readings (paṭhāntara) have been made according to the numbers of stanza-lines and formulae of the MS. The stanzas or lines found in the MS. have been kept in the edited text.
This MS. has been taken as standard as a rule from every aspect-evidence, order, language and spelling etc.
The edited text is prepared on the following principles:
(1) Here this MS. is counted as the main one available now and generally its text is accepted.
(2) Pāṭhāntara (alternate or variant reading), regarding pādapūraka (complementariness) of paryāyātmaka (synonymous version) is not noted.
(3) The note of every place whether there is more or less reading has been taken.